15-year-old girl shot, killed on New Year’s Day; two teenagers arrested

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Two teenagers were arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of a 15-year-old girl.

Jeremiah Luke Matthews, 17, is charged with manslaughter, and Korde Matthews, 17, is charged with tampering with evidence. Both were booked into the Potter County Jail on Thursday afternoon.

Around 1:10 am, police responded to a shooting in the 6000 block of Westwind Ave.

When officers arrived, they learned the victim, a 15-year-old girl, had been shot in a vehicle and then taken to an area hospital where she later died.

The APD Homicide Unit was called to the scene.

Among the evidence collected was an unspent round ABC 7 News found at the scene. CSI techs came out and collected the bullet.

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This was Amarillo’s first homicide of 2026.

Amarillo Police Department crime scene techs collect unspent round ABC 7 News found at scene of New Year’s Day homicide (Steve Douglass/KVII)